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Bear, The
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Although I did not enjoy director Jean Jacques Annaud's "Seven Years In Tibet", I decided to take a look at "The Bear", one of his earlier works, and was very pleased with what I found. Although the bears in the film were trained, they do an impressive job, and the movie does a fine job bringing us into their world as well.
The film revolves around a young bear who is adopted by an older bear, who helps protect the younger cub during it's early time in the wilds. Eventually, the two must face their greatest enemy - hunters. The cinematography is nothing short of stunning - many shots are almost too beautiful for words. Although there's not much in the way of plot, it's still an well done movie in terms of telling a good story with little dialogue.
The image quality from Tristar is so good I was amazed. Yes, there are some minor flaws here and there, but there are a number of daylight shots that show such beautiful scenery so well that the little flaw here and there didn't distract me. Scenes are presented with perfect sharpness and magnificent detail throughout. The natural colors of the wilds look flawless and have no problems at all.
The only real problem lies in the fact that there's the occasional small mark or scratch on the print used. Other than that, I really didn't see much of a problem at all with the image quality. Very, very good work that does justice to the phenomenal cinematography by Philippe Rousselot(he was nominated for an outstanding achievement award from American Society of Cinematographers for the film).
As good as the image quality is, the audio is equally impressive. The audio has a magnificent, wide open feel that really puts the viewer right in the great outdoors. The score is also excellent and comes through with clarity on this DVD. Surrounds are put to use often throughout the movie as well to bring the viewer further into the experience of the wilds. Even the bear growls sound good - loud at times. The audio gets every detail of nature wonderfully, and it was an absolute pleasure to listen to. Fantastic work.
The "making-of" featurette is really, really good. It has plenty of interview footage with the director, who talks about working with the animals and also, how sound was recorded. This "featurette" runs a little over six minutes in length. The other featurette included is about seven minutes in length, and provides plenty of footage of the production crew at work, along with additional interviews. What I liked about these 2 featurettes is that, although they are certainly "promotional", they don't feel that way, and go into good detail about the making of the movie. Also included as extras are talent files and trailers for "Adventures Of Milo and Otis", "Fly Away Home" and "Seven Years In Tibet".
Although the disc is a little light on extras, "The Bear" is still a very good movie. Combined with the stunning image quality and outstanding audio, and I'm definitely going to recommend it - it's another great effort by Columbia/Tristar.
Although I did not enjoy director Jean Jacques Annaud's "Seven Years In Tibet", I decided to take a look at "The Bear", one of his earlier works, and was very pleased with what I found. Although the bears in the film were trained, they do an impressive job, and the movie does a fine job bringing us into their world as well.
The film revolves around a young bear who is adopted by an older bear, who helps protect the younger cub during it's early time in the wilds. Eventually, the two must face their greatest enemy - hunters. The cinematography is nothing short of stunning - many shots are almost too beautiful for words. Although there's not much in the way of plot, it's still an well done movie in terms of telling a good story with little dialogue.
The image quality from Tristar is so good I was amazed. Yes, there are some minor flaws here and there, but there are a number of daylight shots that show such beautiful scenery so well that the little flaw here and there didn't distract me. Scenes are presented with perfect sharpness and magnificent detail throughout. The natural colors of the wilds look flawless and have no problems at all.
The only real problem lies in the fact that there's the occasional small mark or scratch on the print used. Other than that, I really didn't see much of a problem at all with the image quality. Very, very good work that does justice to the phenomenal cinematography by Philippe Rousselot(he was nominated for an outstanding achievement award from American Society of Cinematographers for the film).
As good as the image quality is, the audio is equally impressive. The audio has a magnificent, wide open feel that really puts the viewer right in the great outdoors. The score is also excellent and comes through with clarity on this DVD. Surrounds are put to use often throughout the movie as well to bring the viewer further into the experience of the wilds. Even the bear growls sound good - loud at times. The audio gets every detail of nature wonderfully, and it was an absolute pleasure to listen to. Fantastic work.
The "making-of" featurette is really, really good. It has plenty of interview footage with the director, who talks about working with the animals and also, how sound was recorded. This "featurette" runs a little over six minutes in length. The other featurette included is about seven minutes in length, and provides plenty of footage of the production crew at work, along with additional interviews. What I liked about these 2 featurettes is that, although they are certainly "promotional", they don't feel that way, and go into good detail about the making of the movie. Also included as extras are talent files and trailers for "Adventures Of Milo and Otis", "Fly Away Home" and "Seven Years In Tibet".
Although the disc is a little light on extras, "The Bear" is still a very good movie. Combined with the stunning image quality and outstanding audio, and I'm definitely going to recommend it - it's another great effort by Columbia/Tristar.
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